The combined effect of smoking tobacco and drinking alcohol on cause-specific mortality: A 30 year cohort study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Hart, Carole L ^a   Davey Smith, George ^b   Gruer, Laurence ^c   Watt, Graham Cm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS HEALTH SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND; SMOKING;

EID: 78650451451     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-789     Document Type: Article

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